Description of problem: Attansic NIC driver periodically disconnects from and reconnects to the network, disrupting homegrown network applications. The events appear to happen between 1-4 hours apart with no discernible pattern. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Driver is version 2.0.4 Kernel is 2.6.170 How reproducible: This problem is persistent. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Boot 2.Keep running for a little while 3. Actual results: The server experiences periodic disconnections which disrupt homegrown network applications. Combing through /var/log/messages, I find hundreds of notices like the following. Apr 24 07:40:54 ng7sans kernel: eth0: txs packet size do not coinsist with txd txd_:0x2c30202c, txs_:0x000105ea! Apr 24 07:40:54 ng7sans kernel: txd read ptr: 0x17a0 Apr 24 07:40:54 ng7sans kernel: txs-behind:0x8001024f Apr 24 07:40:54 ng7sans kernel: txs-before:0x000105ea Apr 24 07:40:54 ng7sans kernel: eth0: txs packet size do not coinsist with txd txd_:0x2c30202c, txs_:0x0001024f! Apr 24 07:40:54 ng7sans kernel: txd read ptr: 0x17d0 Apr 24 07:40:54 ng7sans kernel: txs-behind:0x0001004e Apr 24 07:40:54 ng7sans kernel: txs-before:0x000105ea Apr 24 07:41:03 ng7sans kernel: atl2: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex> Often I find the "NIC Link is Up" message without the txs/txd error messages. Expected results: Smooth sailing like any other NIC. Additional info: Here's a snippet from lspci -v to indicate what card we're working with: 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter (rev a0) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8233 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Memory at dffc0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K] Expansion ROM at dffa0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [48] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Count=1/1 Enable- Capabilities: [58] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Kernel driver in use: atl2 Kernel modules: atl2 Additionally I have found references to this issue on Ubuntu forums.
I'm pretty sure this is fixed in the 2.6.29 kernels.
kernel-2.6.29.2-52.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.29.2-52.fc10
kernel-2.6.29.2-52.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update kernel'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2009-4132
kernel-2.6.29.3-60.fc10,hal-0.5.12-15.20081027git.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.29.3-60.fc10,hal-0.5.12-15.20081027git.fc10
kernel-2.6.29.3-60.fc10, hal-0.5.12-15.20081027git.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update kernel hal'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2009-4818
kernel-2.6.29.4-75.fc10,hal-0.5.12-15.20081027git.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.29.4-75.fc10,hal-0.5.12-15.20081027git.fc10
kernel-2.6.29.4-75.fc10, hal-0.5.12-15.20081027git.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update kernel hal'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2009-5527
kernel-2.6.29.5-84.fc10,hal-0.5.12-15.20081027git.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.29.5-84.fc10,hal-0.5.12-15.20081027git.fc10
kernel-2.6.29.5-84.fc10, hal-0.5.12-15.20081027git.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update kernel hal'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2009-6717
kernel-2.6.29.6-93.fc10,hal-0.5.12-15.20081027git.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.29.6-93.fc10,hal-0.5.12-15.20081027git.fc10
kernel-2.6.29.6-93.fc10, hal-0.5.12-15.20081027git.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update kernel hal'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2009-7573
kernel-2.6.29.6-97.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.29.6-97.fc10
kernel-2.6.29.6-97.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update kernel'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2009-8697
kernel-2.6.29.6-99.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.29.6-99.fc10
kernel-2.6.29.6-99.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update kernel'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2009-8870
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